Albert Gallup

Albert Gallup (January 30, 1796 – November 5, 1851) was a U.S. representative from New York, serving one term from 1837 to 1839.

Early life Gallup was born in East Berne, New York to Nathaniel Gallup (1770–1834) and Lucy (née Latham) Gallup (1773–1862).

His ancestors fought in the colonial wars, including, Capt. John Gallup, who was killed in the Narraganset Swamp fight with the Indians, and another, William Latham, who was killed at the Battle of New London. he served as sheriff of Albany County. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Twenty-sixth Congress in 1838. Together, they were the parents of: who was a noted educator and who married Rev. Sylvanus Reed (1821–1870) Albert Smith Gallup (1823–1906), who was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1853 to 1854. Priscilla Gallup (b. 1828), who married George H. Whitney, in 1852. Lucy Gallup (b. 1832), who married Dr. Henry Delavan Paine (1816–1893), in 1858. Edwin C. Gallup (b. 1835), who married Anna B. Calket, in 1870. He was interred in Swan Point Cemetery.

Descendants He was the grandfather of Latham Gallup Reed (1855–1945), a prominent New York lawyer, and Anna Dewitt Reed (1858–1958), who married William Barclay Parsons (1859–1932) in 1884.

He was also grandfather of Isabel Whitney, a member of New York Society who married William H. Sage, of "Uplands" in Albany, New York.